"
"Not to me," she answered quickly, "not to those others. From us he would
guard it with his life! With you it is different."
"I am not sure," I said slowly, "that I wish to become a sharer of such
dangerous knowledge."
"You are afraid?" she asked coldly.
"I do not see what I have to gain by it," I admitted. "I am not curious,
and the possession of it certainly seems to entail some inconvenience, if
not danger."
Her lip curled a little. She nodded as though she quite understood my
point of view.
"You have said enough," she declared; "I perceive that I was not
mistaken! You are exactly the sort of man I thought you were from the
first. It is better for you to return to your cricket and your sports.
You are at home with them; in the great world you would soon be weary and
lost. Call for your bill, please, and put me in a cab. I have a call to
make before I return to the hotel"
"One moment more," I begged. "You have not altogether understood me! I
have spoken from my own point of view only. I have no interest in the
salvation of Leslie Guest, beyond an Englishman's natural desire to see
fair play.
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